JP2001320179A - Enclosure for electronic device and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an enclosure for an electronic device excellent in handling performance in which the turning of a cover can be adequately reduced with a simple structure. SOLUTION: Protruded pieces 25 are provided on the cover 13 as sliding parts which contact with abutting parts 33 of an upper case body 14 and slide according to the turning of the cover 13. The turning of the cover 13 caused by elastic stresses of springs 35 can be adequately reduced by the contact of the protruded pieces 25 with the abutting parts 33. In this way, the cover 13 can be prevented from forcibly colliding against a turning stop member such as contacts and return of the cover 13 due to a reaction can be prevented. Thus, an entertainment device with the excellent handling performance can be manufactured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a housing for an electronic device which has a lid whose end is rotatably attached to a housing body, and which opens and closes the lid using elastic force. For electronic devices, for example, CD (Compact Disk), DVD
(Digital Versatile Disk), CD-ROM (Compact
Disk-Read Only Memory), DVD-ROM (DVD-Read
It can be used for an entertainment device using an optical disk such as Only Memory).

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs,
As a housing of an entertainment device using an optical disk such as a DVD-ROM, a housing provided with a lid whose end is rotatably attached to the housing main body, and opening and closing the lid using elastic force. It has been known. In such a housing, a circular lid corresponding to the optical disk shape is rotatably attached to the back side of the housing main body by a mechanism such as a hinge, and a biasing means such as a spring is provided inside the housing main body. When the elastic force of the spring is released, the lid is opened, and a locking member that advances and retreats with respect to the lid is provided on the front side of the housing body, and the locking member is used to hold the end of the lid. By locking the part, the lid part can be closed.

In such an entertainment apparatus, when the locking by the locking member is released, the lid is opened by the elastic force of the spring, and the internal chucking member is exposed, so that the optical disk can be mounted on the chucking member. Can be. Then, after mounting, the lid is closed, the end of the lid is locked again with the locking member, the optical disk is stored, and the power is turned on, so that the content recorded on the optical disk is played to play a game or the like. You can enjoy music and the like. In addition, since the lid only needs to be able to mount the optical disk, it is sufficient that the lid is rotated within a range in which the lid is substantially perpendicular to the housing main body. A hit is provided to suppress the rotation of the lid within a predetermined angle.

[0004]

However, in the case of an electronic device housing that opens and closes the lid using such an elastic force, if the elastic force of the spring is too strong, the lid may suddenly vibrate. There is a problem that a collision may occur and the lid may return due to the reaction, which is inconvenient. In addition, if the elastic force of the spring is reduced, the rotation speed of the lid is slowed down, which is also inconvenient to use. Although a method of decelerating the movement is conceivable, it is not preferable as a structure of an electronic device which is required to be lightweight and small because the internal structure is complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a housing for an electronic device and an electronic device which are capable of appropriately reducing the rotation of the lid with a simple structure and which are easy to use.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a housing for an electronic device according to the present invention has a lid portion whose end is rotatably attached to the housing main body, and has an elastic force. An electronic device housing that opens and closes the lid portion by utilizing the lid portion, wherein the lid portion comes into contact with the housing body at least in a part of a rotation range of the lid portion, and the lid portion rotates. And a sliding portion that slides with the sliding portion is provided.

According to the present invention, since the lid is provided with the sliding portion that comes into contact with the housing main body, the rotation of the lid by the elastic force of the spring causes the sliding portion to rotate. The housing for electronic equipment can be appropriately decelerated by contact with the housing, and can be prevented from violently colliding with a rotation stop member such as a hit, and can be prevented from returning due to a recoil of the lid portion, thereby being easy to use. It can be. Here, as the electronic devices in which the electronic device housing of the present invention can be used, there are CD, DV, and the like.
Entertainment devices such as D players and game machines are conceivable. By adopting the present invention in these electronic machines, the structure of the housing can be simplified, and the size and weight of the electronic apparatuses can be reduced. It is more preferable in order to reduce the cost.

In the above, it is preferable that the sliding portion comes into contact with the housing body in the vicinity of the rotation stop position when the lid is opened. By configuring the sliding portion in this manner, the rotation of the lid portion is decelerated in the vicinity of the rotation stop position, so that the return of the lid portion due to the recoil while maintaining a quick rotation operation is performed. Can be prevented, and usability is further improved.

It is preferable that the housing main body is integrally formed with a contact portion that comes into contact with the sliding portion and a rotation stop portion that stops the rotation of the lid portion. By integrally forming the contact portion and the rotation stop portion in this way, a portion protruding toward the inner surface side of the housing body can be reduced, which is more preferable in reducing the size of the electronic device.

[0010] Further, the sliding portion is configured as a protruding piece formed to protrude toward the inner surface side of the lid portion, and the contact portion is
It is preferable that the projecting piece is sandwiched between the projecting pieces and is formed in a groove shape that comes into contact with both side surfaces of the projecting piece. By configuring the sliding portion and the abutting portion in this manner, a large contact area between the sliding portion and the abutting portion can be secured, so that the rotating motion of the lid portion is greatly reduced in a small rotating range. it can.

[0011] It is preferable that an inclined surface for guiding the protruding piece is formed at an upper portion of the groove in the contact portion. Since the inclined surface for guiding the projecting piece is formed at the upper part of the groove, the projecting piece is appropriately guided by the groove of the contact portion, and the deceleration by sliding can be reliably performed.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a part of a living room 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This living room 1
00, a television receiver 3 that outputs video, audio, and the like, an entertainment device 1 that is an electronic device connected to the television receiver 3, and a controller 2 that is an operation device that sends instructions to the entertainment device 1 And is installed.

The entertainment apparatus 1 reads, for example, a game program or the like recorded on an optical disk or the like, and executes the program in response to an instruction from a controller 2 operated by a user (game player). In addition,
Executing the game mainly means controlling the progress of the game and controlling display and sound. As shown in FIG. 2, the entertainment apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body (not shown) having electronic components and the like, and an entertainment apparatus housing (hereinafter, referred to as an electronic apparatus housing that accommodates the apparatus main body).
10).

The housing 10 has an upper case 11 for accommodating the main body of the apparatus, and a lower case 12, and is formed in a planar square shape. The upper case 11 covers the apparatus main body from above, and includes a lid 13 having a substantially circular flat shape provided at a central portion of the upper case 11 and a housing main body provided around the lid 13. An upper case body 14 is provided. A power button 15 is provided on the left side of the lid 13 to operate the power of the apparatus on or off. On the right side of the lid 13, the lid 13 is opened and closed. An open / close button 16 having a built-in locking member (not shown) that moves forward and backward is provided.

The side of the housing 10 on the near side in FIG.
One slot 17 is exposed. Each slot 17
Is provided with a memory card insertion section 18 arranged in an upper stage and a controller connection section 19 arranged in a lower stage. The memory card insertion portion 18 is for inserting an external auxiliary storage device such as a memory card, and the insertion hole 18A is formed in a rectangular shape elongated in the horizontal direction. The memory card insertion section 18 is provided with a shutter 18B for protecting a connection terminal provided therein.

The controller connection section 19 is an input / output terminal for inputting / outputting a signal, and is connected to a connection terminal formed at the end of a controller cable extending from the controller 2. The insertion hole 19A is formed in a substantially rectangular shape that is long in the lateral direction, and has a lower corner portion that is more rounded than the upper corner portion.
By forming the insertion hole 19A in this way, the connection terminals of the controller 2 are prevented from being connected in the wrong direction. Further, since the shape of the insertion hole 19A is different from the shape of the insertion hole 18A of the memory card insertion portion 18, there is no possibility that the external auxiliary storage device is erroneously inserted into the insertion hole 19A of the controller connection portion 19. The provision of the two controller connection portions 19 allows the two controllers 2 to be connected, and allows two users to play a battle game or the like. In addition, the result of the operation performed by the controller 2 connected to each controller connection unit 19 is recorded on a memory card as an external auxiliary storage device inserted into the memory card insertion unit 18 disposed at the top of each. Has become.

Here, an AC adapter is connected to the side opposite to the side where the slot portion 17 is arranged, and a power supply terminal serving as a power supply terminal for supplying power to the apparatus main body from an external power supply. A connector and a video / audio output terminal for outputting various signals such as video signals and audio signals recorded on the optical disk to the television receiver 3 are arranged (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover portion 13 has a substantially planar circular disk covering portion 21 for covering the disk mounting portion 20 on which the optical disk 4 is mounted, and the disk covering portion 2.
The mounting portion 2 extends from a part of the periphery of the mounting member 1 and has an end portion rotatably mounted on the upper case body 14.
2 is provided. The disk covering portion 21 is provided, on a part of the periphery thereof, with a rod-shaped member 21A that presses an open / close detection switch for detecting opening / closing of the lid portion 13 and a locking piece 21B with which the locking member is locked. I have.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, insertion holes 2 through which pins 31 formed in the upper case main body 14 are inserted at both ends along the longitudinal direction of the ends of the mounting portion 22.
There is provided a rotating part 23 having 4A and rotatable about the pin 31 as a central axis. That is, the mounting portion 22
And the upper case main body 14, the pin 31 and the rotating portion 23
The lid 13 is rotatable with respect to the upper case main body 14. The rotating portion 23 is provided with the above-described insertion hole 24A.
And a rotating main body 24 formed with a cylindrical body.
4 and a square protruding piece 25 protruding toward the lower case 12 from a part of the side surface. As shown by the arrows in FIG. 4 and FIG.
When the lid 13 is opened, in each of the drawings, the cover 13 rotates about the pin 31 as an axis.

On the rotation direction side of the rotation portion 23 of the upper case body 14, a concave member 32 having a front concave shape is provided. Specifically, the concave member 32 slides a projecting piece that rotates with the rotation of the lid, and stops the rotation of the projecting piece at the rotation stop position of the lid. 3
3 and a receiving portion 3 provided over these contact portions 33.
4 and is integrally formed, and is provided in the vicinity of a rotation stop position for stopping rotation of the rotating portion 23 when the lid 13 is opened.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the pair of abutting portions 33 are formed by the projecting pieces 25 which are rotated with the rotation of the lid.
And is formed in a groove shape so as to be in contact with both side surfaces of the protruding piece 25. The receiving part 34 is a cover 13
In order to stop the rotation of the protruding piece 25 at a predetermined angle, a side surface orthogonal to both side surfaces of the protruding piece 25 that comes into contact with the abutting portion 33 is a portion that contacts. That is, the angle and the position at which the protruding piece 25 of the receiving portion 34 comes into contact are determined according to the rotation stop position of the lid portion. An inclined surface 33 </ b> A for guiding the protruding piece 25 is formed on the upper part of the opposing side surface of each abutting part 33, and when the lid 13 is opened, the protruding piece 25 of the rotating part 23 abuts. It is easy to enter between the parts 33.

Accordingly, the protruding piece 25 of the rotating portion 23 is a sliding portion that comes into contact with the contact portion 33 near the rotation stop position of the lid 13 and slides with the rotation of the lid 13. Receiving part 34
Is a rotation stopping unit that stops the rotation of the lid 13 at a predetermined angle. Here, inside the upper case body 14, a spring 3, which is an urging means whose one end is in contact with the lid 13, is provided.
5 are provided. In this embodiment, the mounting portion 2
Although the description has been given of the hinge mechanism at one end of the second embodiment, the hinge mechanism at the other end has the same configuration, and thus will not be described here.

Next, the operation of the lid 13 of the entertainment apparatus 1 will be described below. First, when opening the closed lid portion 13 (FIG. 6), pressing the open / close button 16 releases the locking by the locking member, as shown in FIG. Moving part 23
The lid 13 is rotated and opened by the rotation of. At this time, the lid 13 rotates vigorously by the elastic force of the spring 35 until the projecting piece 25 is sandwiched by the contacting part 33, and when the projecting piece 25 comes into contact with the contacting part 33 near the rotation stop position. The speed is reduced by sliding of the protruding piece 25. Then, it comes to the rotation stop position while decelerating, that is, stops when the protruding piece 25 contacts the receiving portion 34. On the other hand, when closing the open lid 13, the upper surface of the lid 13 is pressed, and the locking piece 2 is
By locking 1B, the lid 13 can be closed.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. That is, since the lid 13 is provided with the protruding piece 25 that comes into contact with the abutting part 33 of the upper case body 14, the rotation of the lid 13 by the elastic force of the spring 35 causes the protruding piece 25 to rotate. It is possible to appropriately decelerate by contacting with. As a result, it is possible to prevent a violent collision with a rotation stop member such as a hit, etc.
3 can be prevented from returning due to the recoil, and the entertainment device 1 can be used easily.

Further, since the projecting piece 25 is brought into contact with the contact portion 33 near the rotation stop position when the lid 13 is opened, the rotation of the lid 13 is reduced near the rotation stop position. Thereby, the return of the lid portion 13 due to the recoil can be prevented while maintaining the quick rotation operation, and the usability is further improved.

Further, the contact portion 33 which comes into contact with the projecting piece 25
And the receiving portion 34 for stopping the rotation of the lid portion 13 are integrally formed, so that the portion protruding toward the inner surface side of the upper case main body 14 can be reduced, and the entertainment device 1 can be downsized. Can be planned.

Further, since the contact portions 33 are arranged to face each other, and the projecting pieces 25 are sandwiched between the projecting pieces 25 so as to be in contact with both side surfaces thereof, the contact area between the projecting pieces 25 and the contact portions 33 is reduced. A large amount can be secured, and the rotation of the lid 13 can be greatly reduced in a small rotation range.

Further, an inclined surface 33A for guiding the protruding piece 25 is provided on the upper part of the opposing side surface of each contact part 33 which is the upper part of the groove.
Is formed, the protruding piece 25 is appropriately guided in the groove between the contact portions 33, and deceleration by sliding can be reliably performed.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes other configurations that can achieve the object of the present invention, and the following modifications are also included in the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the inclined surface is formed in the contact portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the projecting piece is formed so as to surely enter the groove between the contact portions, there is no inclined surface. You may.

Further, in the above embodiment, both side surfaces of the protruding piece are brought into contact with the contact portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Only one side surface of the projecting piece may be brought into contact with the contact portion.
In this case, only one contact portion is required. At this time, it is preferable to provide the projecting pieces at two places of the lid part and to slide the inner surfaces of the two parts at two places, in that the left and right sliding balance can be secured.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the concave member is formed integrally. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the contact portion and the receiving portion may be formed separately and assembled when the entertainment device is manufactured. Good.

In the above-described embodiment, the contact portion is provided in the vicinity of the rotation stop position. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided in a part.

Further, the rotation stopping portion of the present invention is not limited to the receiving portion, but may be any as long as it stops the rotation of the lid portion, and its shape and configuration may be determined as appropriate upon implementation.

The sliding portion of the present invention is not limited to the protruding piece, but in short, comes into contact with the upper case body in at least a part of the rotation range of the lid portion and slides with the rotation of the lid portion. The shape and configuration may be determined as appropriate in the implementation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the hinge mechanism is provided at both ends of the mounting portion. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the hinge mechanism may be provided only at one end.

[0036]

As described above, according to the housing for an electronic device and the electronic device of the present invention, the rotation of the lid can be appropriately decelerated with a simple structure, and the operability is good. There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a living room in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entertainment device in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the entertainment apparatus with the cover part opened in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the entertainment device in a state in which a lid is closed in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a hinge mechanism in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the entertainment apparatus in a state where a lid is opened in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a concave member and a protruding piece in a state where a lid is opened in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Entertainment device which is an electronic device 10 Housing which is a housing for electronic devices 13 Lid 14 Upper case main body which is a housing main body 25 Projection piece which is a sliding part 33 Contact part 34 Receiving part which is a rotation stop part

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page F term (reference) 2C001 BD07 CB04 3E084 AA05 AA14 AB10 CA03 FA08 GA07 GB07 GB12 KA16 4E360 AA02 AB04 AB12 AB42 BA04 BA08 BB02 BB12 BB16 BC04 BC06 BC07 EA13 EA18 EC11 ED04 ED12 GA14 ED13

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device housing, comprising: a lid having an end portion rotatably attached to a housing main body, wherein the lid is opened and closed using elastic force. A housing for an electronic device, comprising: a sliding portion that comes into contact with the housing main body at least in a part of a rotation range of the lid portion and slides with the rotation of the lid portion. . 2. The electronic device housing according to claim 1, wherein the sliding portion comes into contact with the housing main body near a rotation stop position when the lid is opened. Electronic equipment housing. 3. The electronic device housing according to claim 1, wherein the housing main body includes a contact portion that contacts the sliding portion, and a rotation portion that stops the rotation of the lid portion. A housing for an electronic device, comprising: a movement stopping portion; and these are integrally formed. 4. The electronic device casing according to claim 1, wherein the sliding portion is configured as a projecting piece formed to protrude toward an inner surface of the lid portion, and An electronic device housing, wherein the portion is formed in a groove shape that sandwiches the protruding piece and contacts both side surfaces of the protruding piece. 5. The electronic device casing according to claim 4, wherein an inclined surface for guiding the protruding piece is formed at an upper portion of the groove in the contact portion. Housing. 6. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a lid part whose end is rotatably attached to a casing body; and a casing that opens and closes the lid part by using an elastic force. An electronic device, wherein the lid is provided with a sliding portion that comes into contact with the housing main body in at least a part of a rotation range of the lid and slides with the rotation of the lid. 7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the sliding portion comes into contact with the housing body near a rotation stop position when the lid is opened. 8. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the housing body has a contact portion that comes into contact with the sliding portion, and a rotation stop portion that stops the rotation of the lid portion. And an electronic device, wherein these are integrally formed. 9. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the sliding portion is configured as a protruding piece formed to protrude toward the inner surface side of the lid portion, and the contact portion includes: An electronic device characterized by being formed in a groove shape sandwiching the projecting piece and contacting both side surfaces of the projecting piece. 10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein an inclined surface for guiding the projecting piece is formed at an upper portion of the groove in the contact portion.